CRIME
INEC Files Six-count Charge Against Suspended Adamawa REC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has filed a six-count charge against its suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. INEC filed the charges at the high court in Yola, the state capital. INEC, in a statement on Thursday, said it took the action after reviewing the case file from the police which established a prima facie case...
Buhari’s Former Aide Obono-Obla To Appear In Court Monday Over Fraud
The police will next week Monday arraign Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, a former Special Assistant on Prosecutions to President Muhammadu Buhari. Counsel for the ex-presidential aide, Paul Erokoro (SAN), told journalists in Abuja on Friday that the police planned to arraign his client before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Kwali, Abuja. This was shortly after Obono-Obla and two...
Human Parts Dealers Beat Buyers Over N1m Fee In Ogun
Suspected ritualists, who deal in human parts in Ogun State, got enraged and beat up some of their customers for failing to pay the agreed sum of N1m for a human hand that was supplied to them. The suspected ritualists reportedly lured their customers to a bush and beat them to a pulp for failing to pay for the human...
Court Sentences Two Persons To Prison In Abuja Over Internet Fraud
Justice S.B Belgore of the High Court of the FCT sitting in Bwari, Abuja on Monday June 27, 2022, convicted and sentenced one Augustine Ogar and Eze Samuel to one year imprisonment for internet fraud. They were prosecuted on a one count charge each b...
Security Operatives Ransack NLC Headquarters, Carts Away Documents
Security personnels, on Thursday, storms the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress, carted away documents after the raid, the union reports. NLC revealed that the Labour House (the name given to the headquarters) was invaded by security operatives at about 8.30 pm. A statement issued by NLC’s head of Media and Public Relations, Benson Upah disclosed that books and other publications were...
Chief Of Defence Staff, Gen. Musa Vows To End Insecurity In Kaduna
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has assured that the insecurity that is currently disturbing the peace in Kaduna State will soon be a thing of the past, adding that the Armed Forces are determined to bring the ugly situation to an end. He made this pledge while responding to an appeal by the Governor of Kaduna State,...
Man Impregnates Step Daughter In Ekiti
A man identified as Ojo Babatunde from Omuo-Ekiti, in Ekiti State, South West Nigeria has been arrested by Police for impregnating his 15-year-old step-daughter. A statement issued by the State’s Police Command Spokesman, DSP Sunday Abutu, Wednesda...
Vehicle Loaded With Deadly Explosives, Weapons Intercepted By Police In Kano
The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has intercepted a vehicle loaded with deadly explosive devices and sophisticated weapons in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa made this known in...
Terrorists Demand ₦4.3 Billion For Abducted Kaduna Train Hostages
Terrorists are demanding a N100m ransom for each of the 43 abducted Kaduna train passengers, who are still in their custody, ABN TV has learnt. The demand was communicated to the families of the hostages last week. This is coming five days after th...
Okata Erote Land Belongs To Police, Not Under Dispute — Abia Command
The Abia State command of the Nigeria Police has urged the public to ignore the radio announcement made by one Barr. Jasper Ejimofor to the effect of ownership of a property, formerly known Okata Erote in Umuahia North LGA of the State. The command says the property situated in-between Cedar Estate and Cocoa Research Institute along Umuahia/Bende road in Umuahia...
